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Jefferson School Board member faces trial on misdemeanor in family dispute

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Cedric Floyd, shown here speaking during a 2012 Jefferson Parish School Board meeting, is scheduled to stand trial July 10, in Kenner City Court on a charge of disturbing the peace after an altercation with his son at his Kenner home. The charge is a misdemeanor.
(NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive)

Floyd, 56, is accused of breaking the windshield of the car that his son Michael Floyd was attempting to drive away in from the Floyds' Iowa Avenue home on March 21. His trial is set for July 10, in Kenner City Court. Neither Floyd nor his attorney Anderson Council returned calls for comment.

Michael Floyd, 24, told Kenner police he was visiting his brother Philip Floyd, at their parents' home, after his brother had his wisdom teeth removed. Cedric Floyd became upset because Philip Floyd wanted to leave with Michael Floyd, and told his son to leave, "that he can go wherever he wants, but Phillip was to stay and rest," according to the incident report.

Michael Floyd got into his mother's 2005 Nissan Sentra to leave the residence, but was blocked in the driveway by his father's vehicle, according to the report. As Michael Floyd was "carefully maneuvering" his car around his father's car, the elder Floyd went outside the home and "began striking the front windshield of the vehicle and headlamp causing moderate damage," the police officer wrote in the report.

Michael Floyd drove away, but he returned to the home after his brother called and asked to be picked up. They called police from a restaurant in the 2200 block of Williams Boulevard.

Phillip Floyd provided a similar account of what happened at their parents' home. He told the officer he was feeling fine after the surgery, and "could not understand why his father was so upset," according to the report.

"During the interview, Michael was very adamant in pursuing the charges against Cedric Floyd in reference to the disturbance and the damage to the vehicle," the officer wrote in the report.

However, Michael Floyd later decided he did not want to pursue the charges. He signed an affidavit that was filed into the court record, indicating his wishes.

The city's prosecutors are still pursuing the case. Acting City Attorney Louis Gruntz could not be reached immediately for comment Monday. While the city's motive for pursuing the case is unclear, prosecutors generally do not drop cases involving domestic violence even when victims back off. Kenner police noted in the report the matter involved domestic violence.

Cedric Floyd told police he didn't mean to damage the car, that his son was backing up and "nudged" another vehicle in the driveway, and that he told his son to not leave with it. He declined to press charges against his son for taking the car without authorization. He told NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune in April that Michael Floyd was trying to take the car without permission, and that he was about to back into the elder Floyd's vehicle.

Under Kenner ordinances, disturbing the peace carries a fine of up to $100 and up to 60 days in jail upon conviction.